All tournament matches are to be played on the scheduled date and time. If a player is unable to participate on their assigned date and time, for any reason, they will automatically be defaulted. For all singles and all senior tournaments, prior to the finals, matches will be self-scheduled. This will necessitate cooperation (and, at times, compromise) among the various players. Please adopt the friendly and cooperative spirit of the tournaments to ensure that these matches conclude within the assigned dates since defaults will be assigned if scheduling conflicts are unable to be resolved. Please also respect the fact that the tournament organizers’ responsibilities do not include self-scheduling issues and conflicts.

Scheduling Specifics

Singles, Senior Singles & Senior Mixed Doubles: All preliminary matches for the singles, senior singles and senior doubles tournaments will be self-scheduled online. The finals for the consolation and main draws will be scheduled on the dates identified above. Entrants should expect to play their first singles matches in July while all other rounds will have deadlines listed and scheduled on the tournament draw.

If there are more than 16 entries for the draw, the “Round of 32” will have to play their first match by July 13th. For singles tournaments with draws of 16 or fewer entries, the first match (Round of 16) will have to be played by July 27th.

Doubles: The Men’s and Women’s doubles and mixed doubles tournaments will be automatically scheduled (by the Tennis Committee) on the specified tournament weekends. The senior mixed doubles tournament will be self-scheduled. However, if the size of the draw is markedly different than anticipated, the Tennis Committee may elect to modify the format (e.g., the first round could be self-scheduled prior to the weekend tournament). Final format will be posted in the clubhouse and emailed to participants as soon as possible after the signup deadline. All participants will play at least two matches as all tournaments, self-scheduled or not, will have a consolation draw. Any player that loses their first match will have an opportunity to keep playing in the consolation draw until a second loss.

DEADLINES: Friday, June 15th for the member-guest mixed doubles tournament and Sunday, July 8th for all others.

COST: The cost for each player is $30 ($60 per team) which will include a minimum of two matches, a can of balls for each tournament match, a light breakfast, lunch, and prizes for winners. Rain dates will be scheduled as necessary. All entrants will be charged the full entry fee regardless of any change in scheduling, unless the entrant has removed their entry a minimum of 14 days before the tournament date. All members, including junior family members, are welcome to participate in the tournaments.

BOOKING TOURNAMENT MATCHES: Court bookings may be made seven days in advance by calling the club. The club can accommodate a maximum of two Prime Time Tournament courts total per evening. Please note that booking a tournament match in Prime Time counts toward one’s weekly Prime Time limit.

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Format

S I N G L E S TOURNAMENTS

Women’s, Men’s, Senior Women’s and Senior Men’s Singles:

Matches are to be self-scheduled for 90 minutes within a 2-hour time frame (warm-up 15 minutes, play 90 minutes, play a tiebreaker, if necessary). Play 2 out of 3 sets, add scoring, a standard 12 point tiebreaker (first to 7 points by two) at 6-6 games each. If a third set is unfinished when time runs out, finish the game started then sum the total games won to determine the winner. If the total games won are tied at the end of the 90 minutes, play a 12 point tiebreaker (first to 7 points by two) to determine the winner. The semi-finals and finals play out a full best of 3 sets and will occur during the scheduled championship weekends.

(Required minimum of 4 players and maximum of 32 players.) Please note: To participate in a Senior Singles event, you must be at least 60 years of age in 2018.

D O U B L E S TOURNAMENTS

Member-Guest Mixed Doubles:

Professional Tennis players or Tennis Coaches are excluded from participating as this is a social event.

All matches will be automatically scheduled and played during the reserved tournament weekend. The general format for the doubles matches will be played as pro sets with no-add scoring. The details for the specific format of play will be decided by the Tennis Committee once the exact number of teams are known, to ensure a competitive and spirited tournament. (Required minimum of 8 teams and maximum of 16 teams.)

Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Doubles:

All matches will be automatically scheduled (by the Tennis Committee) and played during the specified tournament weekends. The doubles matches leading up to the semifinals will be played as 10-game pro sets, with add scoring, and a standard 12-point tiebreaker (first to 7 points by two) to be played at 10-10. The finals for both the consolation and main draws will be played by the same rules as the singles matches defined above. (Required minimum of 8 teams and maximum of 16 teams.)

Senior Mixed Doubles:

Combined age MUST be 125 years of age or more within 2018 (no individual age requirement).
Matches are to be self-scheduled for 90 minutes within a 2-hour time frame (warm-up 15 minutes, play 90 minutes, play a tiebreaker, if necessary). Play 2 out of 3 sets, add scoring, a standard 12-point tiebreaker (first to 7 points by two) at 6-6 games each. If a third set is unfinished when time runs out, finish the game started then sum the total games won to determine the winner. If the total games won are tied at the end of the 90 minutes, play a 12-point tiebreaker (first to 7 points by two) to determine the winner. The semi-finals and finals play out a full best of 3 sets and will occur during the scheduled championship weekends. (Required minimum of 4 teams and maximum of 16 teams.)

Note: The club was founded in 1954 and presumably has held some tournaments every year since.
We know that there were years in which only a few tournaments took place. In 2005 the club held only one tournament.
A complete record of club tournaments is nowhere to be found. We have been able to piece together an incomplete
record and we are posting it here on the website to acknowledge tournament winners.
We need help in filling in the record. If you can fill in any of the blanks, please contact Joe at the club or by email.